Given that what our government agencies do usually costs 2-10x what a private corporation would cost, I guess it was too much to expect a database backup for all of those extra inefficiency dollars, huh?
First they get the casuals. Now they go after the businesses. And don't forget they are implementing advertising to NON-USERS per a recent bit of news...
The Police State is progressing successfully, all while we continue to ensure that the masses believe they are free and have a full bill of rights that is followed legally.
I don't think you understand the principles that formed this country.So if the government wanted to film you in the bathroom, that would be ok, also, right? After all, you aren't doing anything wrong so you should have nothing to hide.
You know, the issue is that what has happened since Osama Bin Laden created the 9/11 disaster is that the U.S. has been creeping toward a surveillance state, but it has been slow enough that it's like hair growing. You have short hair, and you still have short hair, and a few weeks later you still have fairly short hair, and then a few months later you finally realize that you have long hair. But it happened so slowly that nobody is very alarmed. We have Clapper lying to Congress, we have Comey saying the government needs to get into terrorist encrypted phones, and we have Feinstein putting (essentially) backdoor encryption legislation out for comment. Meanwhile, police departments are going wild with Stingrays and cameras. Welcome to Big Brother and the surveillance state. "Land of the Free" and the home of the spied upon...
I can walk down the street with a friend and have a conversation that is not recorded, is never discoverable in the future. Although millions of us are honest people, terrorists could have these types of conversations as well. I just don't know how we can let that happen. It seems that the government should require us to record conversations so that if there is a warrant in the future we can get that data. Why it is just unfathomable that there could be information that the government cannot discover! How could we have let this happen for so long?! It's just SO GREAT that the FBI is trying to protect us...
I don't know if the Donald is being genuine or just opportunistic, but his messages about loss of American jobs, unfair trade agreements, and corporate behavior is why so many people will put up with his other flaws. They see both current parties as out of touch and not fighting for their needs. IMHO we can't blame these companies as they are operating to maximize shareholder value within the current set of rules (laws, regulations). We should be blaming the government for propagating a set of rules that encourage practices that cause loss of jobs. While I'm no protectionist, we DO need some balance. I find it reprehensible that people have to train their own lower-cost and offshore replacements.
FCC, you are supposed to protect and look out for the public good rather than be beholden to the corporations. I can't imagine a more appropriate use of your authority to ban this type of crap.
Under the guise of protecting the U.S., I'm sure plenty of well-intention ed people are serving their roles in NSA, FBI, Congress, etc. that in the short run are trying to protect, but in the long run are undermining our values. This is very dangerous and troubling for our future.
I remember seeing movies about life in Germany under Hitler. Whether accurate or not, random people were walking on the street and officers would mutter that command to people, and if they didn't have what was wanted - bang! You might disappear. It strikes me that where we're going in the US (land of the free!) is this direction. The government HAS to be able to see ALL of your papers - only they are now electronic records. And there CANNOT be anywhere that you can put things that the government shouldn't be able to get in. I wonder how we justify being able to take a walk of two people in the woods, without the government being able to "know", upon warrant, what was said? Should we also have microphones recording at all times so that *everything* is discoverable? And what about the government that starts bending the rules of court-issued warrants, to Hoovering up of ALL records on the phone, or the internet? "It's all for your protection, and for the children....".
I'm running the GWX control panel so hopefully that will prevent this. I'm running Win10 on my secondary laptop and while it's nice, it doesn't add any features I find important, and I really don't like my OS becoming an advertising program. It nags me to buy the latest version of Office (which I don't need or want). Lord knows what else MS has in store in the future. I'm thinking that Linux desktop or a Mac are in my future once Win7 support runs out in a few years. I'm not going to be coerced into an ad program by Microsoft.
I am on the Win10 insider program on my laptop, which I use for surfing, etc. But all my data and real important use is on my desktop, and that's a Win 7 machine. As I approach the time limit for upgrading, I've decided to stay on Windows 7 on my main machine. I don't really see any benefits to Windows 10 that are that important (to me), and I hate the intrusive advertising in Windows 10. I don't really need my OS to serve me ads - lord knows there are enough ads everywhere else without my OS doing it, too. If and when Win 7 becomes unusable or unsupported, I'm seriously thinking desktop Linux, as there is enough software out there now that almost fully replicates what I need and use. Oh, and I'm using the GWX control panel to get rid of the Windows 10 nags in my Win 7 system. I really hate MS for doing this aggressive bit, and I'm throwing them the proverbial finger as much as I can - no Windows 10 on my main machine for me!
...although I'm sure it iwll be contested. I was in the Home Depot breach, the Target breach, and the TMobile/Experian breach. My wife was in the Bebe breach. You have to figure your info is out there already for most people who don't live under a rock. These companies aren't going to take security seriously until they pay some consequences.
...and the government wants to move to e-records for your healthcare. So far I've been compromised with the Target breach, the Home Depot breach, the TMobile Experian breach. The government has been breached many times including this one to the tune of millions of people. You have to assume that your information is out there already. I'm not keen on moving to those electronic health records...
IMHO Verizon is right up there with Comcast in being one of the most despicable companies in the US. They bought spectrum from the FCC promising to keep it "open" but don't approve non-Verizon devices until tons of "testing" that can take a year. They are the ones who started fighting any net neutrality. And then they (according to this post) enable spammers. Because as a huge ISP, paying attention to real technical details might be too....time consuming and profit-leaching...
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Given that what our government agencies do usually costs 2-10x what a private corporation would cost, I guess it was too much to expect a database backup for all of those extra inefficiency dollars, huh?
I can just see it now, Microsoft crams the upgrade onto your car, schedules it during rush hour, with no close box and no way to opt out.
First they get the casuals. Now they go after the businesses. And don't forget they are implementing advertising to NON-USERS per a recent bit of news...
The Police State is progressing successfully, all while we continue to ensure that the masses believe they are free and have a full bill of rights that is followed legally.
The Spark has gone out.
I don't think you understand the principles that formed this country.So if the government wanted to film you in the bathroom, that would be ok, also, right? After all, you aren't doing anything wrong so you should have nothing to hide.
You know, the issue is that what has happened since Osama Bin Laden created the 9/11 disaster is that the U.S. has been creeping toward a surveillance state, but it has been slow enough that it's like hair growing. You have short hair, and you still have short hair, and a few weeks later you still have fairly short hair, and then a few months later you finally realize that you have long hair. But it happened so slowly that nobody is very alarmed. We have Clapper lying to Congress, we have Comey saying the government needs to get into terrorist encrypted phones, and we have Feinstein putting (essentially) backdoor encryption legislation out for comment. Meanwhile, police departments are going wild with Stingrays and cameras. Welcome to Big Brother and the surveillance state. "Land of the Free" and the home of the spied upon...
I can walk down the street with a friend and have a conversation that is not recorded, is never discoverable in the future. Although millions of us are honest people, terrorists could have these types of conversations as well. I just don't know how we can let that happen. It seems that the government should require us to record conversations so that if there is a warrant in the future we can get that data. Why it is just unfathomable that there could be information that the government cannot discover! How could we have let this happen for so long?! It's just SO GREAT that the FBI is trying to protect us...
I don't know if the Donald is being genuine or just opportunistic, but his messages about loss of American jobs, unfair trade agreements, and corporate behavior is why so many people will put up with his other flaws. They see both current parties as out of touch and not fighting for their needs. IMHO we can't blame these companies as they are operating to maximize shareholder value within the current set of rules (laws, regulations). We should be blaming the government for propagating a set of rules that encourage practices that cause loss of jobs. While I'm no protectionist, we DO need some balance. I find it reprehensible that people have to train their own lower-cost and offshore replacements.
Nobody believes him because he's already a demonstrated liar.
"Verizon cites "increasing support costs associated with customers switching their devices" as a reason for the new fees. "
The reality is "we want to continue increasing our profits, and nickel and diming our customers with added junk fees is the way to do it."
If they're intert, they're not explosives. They are imitation explosives.
FCC, you are supposed to protect and look out for the public good rather than be beholden to the corporations. I can't imagine a more appropriate use of your authority to ban this type of crap.
Under the guise of protecting the U.S., I'm sure plenty of well-intention ed people are serving their roles in NSA, FBI, Congress, etc. that in the short run are trying to protect, but in the long run are undermining our values. This is very dangerous and troubling for our future.
I remember seeing movies about life in Germany under Hitler. Whether accurate or not, random people were walking on the street and officers would mutter that command to people, and if they didn't have what was wanted - bang! You might disappear. It strikes me that where we're going in the US (land of the free!) is this direction. The government HAS to be able to see ALL of your papers - only they are now electronic records. And there CANNOT be anywhere that you can put things that the government shouldn't be able to get in. I wonder how we justify being able to take a walk of two people in the woods, without the government being able to "know", upon warrant, what was said? Should we also have microphones recording at all times so that *everything* is discoverable? And what about the government that starts bending the rules of court-issued warrants, to Hoovering up of ALL records on the phone, or the internet? "It's all for your protection, and for the children....".
An error in the title.
I'm running the GWX control panel so hopefully that will prevent this.
I'm running Win10 on my secondary laptop and while it's nice, it doesn't add any features I find important, and I really don't like my OS becoming an advertising program. It nags me to buy the latest version of Office (which I don't need or want). Lord knows what else MS has in store in the future.
I'm thinking that Linux desktop or a Mac are in my future once Win7 support runs out in a few years. I'm not going to be coerced into an ad program by Microsoft.
...some of the ones that the corrupt ISPs "rent" to users for like $10/month? What a bargain!
..and also their uninstallable bloated software, and lack of OS updates. Nexus for me, instead.
...touchwiz
I am on the Win10 insider program on my laptop, which I use for surfing, etc. But all my data and real important use is on my desktop, and that's a Win 7 machine. As I approach the time limit for upgrading, I've decided to stay on Windows 7 on my main machine. I don't really see any benefits to Windows 10 that are that important (to me), and I hate the intrusive advertising in Windows 10. I don't really need my OS to serve me ads - lord knows there are enough ads everywhere else without my OS doing it, too. If and when Win 7 becomes unusable or unsupported, I'm seriously thinking desktop Linux, as there is enough software out there now that almost fully replicates what I need and use. Oh, and I'm using the GWX control panel to get rid of the Windows 10 nags in my Win 7 system. I really hate MS for doing this aggressive bit, and I'm throwing them the proverbial finger as much as I can - no Windows 10 on my main machine for me!
...although I'm sure it iwll be contested. I was in the Home Depot breach, the Target breach, and the TMobile/Experian breach. My wife was in the Bebe breach. You have to figure your info is out there already for most people who don't live under a rock. These companies aren't going to take security seriously until they pay some consequences.
...and the government wants to move to e-records for your healthcare. So far I've been compromised with the Target breach, the Home Depot breach, the TMobile Experian breach. The government has been breached many times including this one to the tune of millions of people. You have to assume that your information is out there already. I'm not keen on moving to those electronic health records...
When there is a will there is a way. It's only a matter of time before the "last mile" problem finds alternate solutions. I *love* this!
IMHO Verizon is right up there with Comcast in being one of the most despicable companies in the US. They bought spectrum from the FCC promising to keep it "open" but don't approve non-Verizon devices until tons of "testing" that can take a year. They are the ones who started fighting any net neutrality. And then they (according to this post) enable spammers. Because as a huge ISP, paying attention to real technical details might be too....time consuming and profit-leaching...